TOPIC: Location > Type (field)

Hi. There are a couple issues reported on this topic already, but the answers don't seem to really solve my issue.

1. Go to "Component > Jom Classifieds > Locations".
2. There are no locations listed because I have not created any [ new ] "Locations" yet.
3. I select the [ New ] button that displays the page with "Name, Alias, Type, Parent, Published" fields.
4. Specifically addressing the "Type" field: The drop-down default says "Country". Next to the drop-down field is says "deprecated" ( in red text ).

The drop-down field does not allow you to pulldown any other choices? What other choices should there be?

I want to create a ( U.S.A. ) "State" (Parent) with a list of States in the drop-down.

I'm not seeing a clear reply on what this "deprecated" warning text means, or what the resolution is?